Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen exposure as a cause of Streptococcus pyogenes-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-331

  Shimizu, Masaki ^a   Yokoyama, Tadafumi ^a   Sakashita, Natsuma ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Ueno, Kazuyuki ^a   Akita, Chisato ^b   Ohta, Kazuhide ^c   Kitano, Etsuko ^d   Hatanaka, Michiyo ^d   Kitamura, Hajime ^e   Saikawa, Yutaka ^b   Yachie, Akihiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KOBE TOKIWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF WELFARE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Streptococcus pyogenes; Thomsen friedenreich antigen

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFDITOREN PIVOXIL; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; CREATININE; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; THOMSEN FRIEDENREICH ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT C3; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84867682927     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN107205     Document Type: Article

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